Shoe



SePt- 16, 1930.. J. w.. cooKE 1,776,106

SHOE-v Filed Nov. 29, 1929 \nvenor.

JohnW. Cooke A'ys..

Patented Sept. 16, 1930 YUNH'EB STATES iY ser lSHOE Application nea Nevember ze, 1929. serial no. 4170,40?.

This invention relates to shoes and espe- Y cially to so-called .rubber shoes, that is, shoes which have a canvas upper and a rubber sole or bottom. Y

One ofthe objects of the invention is to provide a novel shoe of this type which has an extended edge on the sole and which thus has the appearance of a Welt shoe. I In order to give an understanding of the invention I have illustrated in the vdrawings a selected embodiment thereof which Will now be described after which the novel fea* tures Will be pointed out in the appended claims.

Fig. 1 is an enlarged transverse sectional view through the tot; portion of the shoe taken on substantially the line 1-1, Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a shoe embodyingl my invention;

F 3 is an enlarged sectional view through one edge of the sole;

Fig. 4 is a section through the shank of the shoe on substantially the line 4 4, 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional View showing a different embodiment of the invention.

The shoe herein illustrated comprises the upper 1, the insole 2 and the outsole 3. The upper 1 may be lasted to the insole 2 in the manner usually employed in the making of rubber-soled shoes. rilhe edges 4 of the upper are drawn over the edges of the insole and cemented thereto, it being understood that the insole 2 comprises a body of rubber provided With a fabric sock lining 5.

6 indicates a foxing strip of rubber which is cemented to theE shoe bottom along the peripheral edge, this foXing strip being cemented to the inturned edge 4 of the upper. The shoe also comprises the usual filling layers that are interposed between the insole 2 and outsole 3, there being three such layers 7, 8 and 9 in the illustrated embodiment of the invention.

These lilling layers may be of any suitable or usual material but one or more of them Will preferably be a rubber-coated fabric or of such nature that they may become united together and to the insole and outsole by vulcanization. The outsole 3 is, of course, made of rubber.

v12 to the upper face ofthe outsole 3. The peripheral 'edge 1,8of the outer sole extends In accordance With the invention I secure the outer edge of the outsole Vto the foXing strip 6 through the medium of a Welt member of novel construction and the edge of they outer sole is provided With a'thiclrened eX- 55 tension which hidesthe Welt member and gives the shoe the appearance of a Welt shoe. In the construction shown1 in Figs. 1 and 3 the Welt strip is indicated at 10 and it comprises tvvo plies 11 and 12 which are secured `60 together along their inn-er edges as shovvn at 13. These two plies 11 and 12 are preferably made'of fabric and thev outer face 14, ljof each ply is rubber coated, the inner faces 16, 17 having non-adhesive properties. f A

The Welt strip is applied to the4 shoe by cementing` the rubberized face 14 of the upper ply 11 to the foXing strip and cementing the rubberized facelof the lower ply beyond the upper and saidedge is thickened to provide avvall or curb 1,9 Whiehsurrounds the Welt strip and the foxi'ng, and Which meets the lower edge of the upper 1.

The outer sole can be moulded vvith'this extension r18, 19 or lthe portion 19 may be built onto the outer sole, in Which* case said portion 19 Would be united to the main body of the insole through a vulcanizingprocess.

After the parts of the shoe are assembled it is subjected tothe vulcanizing process as usual in the manufacture of shoes of this type thereby causing a firm unionpof the filling layers to each other and to both the outsole L and the inner sole. The extension 19 of the outer sole, however, is not united to the upper and the marginal portion of the outer sole is secured to the shoe bottom through' the medium of the two-ply -Welt strip, the tivo plies of `Which are connected only attheir inner edge as at 13. Y 1

The extension 19 of the soleoverlies and conceals the Welt stripi and the foXing stri-p and gives the shoe the appearance'of a Welt shoe. This is especially true if the lupper surface 2O of the extension 19 is'pmarked to imitate stitching. This sole extensionmay eX- tend clear around the shoe or only throughout the forepart thereof. In Fig. 12 I have illustrated it as extending throughoutthe forepart only.

The two-ply welt strip is used only at the portion of the sole which is provided with the extension. If the sole extension does not extend to the shank of the shoe then the foxing strip 6 at the shank will be situated so that the outer edge 2l thereof will overlie the lower portion of the upper 1 as shown in Fig. l and the edge 22 of the outsole 3 will be bent around the foxing strip slightly yas also shown in Fig. 4, this being a common construction in the making of shoes of this type.

This two-ply welt strip may conveniently be made from a single width of fabric, which is rubber coated on one side and which is folded longitudinally to provide the two plies ll and 12, the fold being so made that the rubberized faces of the strip are on the outside andthe non-adhesive faces on the inside. It is not necessary, however, that this strip should be made from a single piece as it might equally Well be made of two strips which are sewed or otherwise secured together at their inner edge.

With my invention, therefore, it is possible to make a shoe of the so-called sneaker variety which is relatively inexpensive but which has the more dressy appearance of a welt or McKay shoe.

' In Fig. 5 I have illustrated an embodiment of the invention wherein the welt strip is provided for in a different way. In this embodiment the shoe has the upper l, the insole 2 and the foxing strip 6 all as above described. The welt feature is formed by sewing by stitches 27 a strip 24 to the under side of a form sole 25 which is built into the shoe. The peripheral edge of the form sole 25 together with the strip 24 constitute the two-ply welt strip. The under face of the strip 24 is rubberized and is cemented to the outer sole 3, the form sole being cemented to the foxing 6.

26 indicates filling layers interposed between the form sole 25 and insole 2.

In all embodiments of the invention any strain on the edge of the outsole tending to separate said sole from the shoe will be resisted by the two-ply welt strip which will open up or yield somewhat and thus relieve the strain.

I claim: v

1. A shoe comprising an insole', an upper having its edges inturned and underlying the insole and secured thereto, an outer sole of rubber, and a two-ply welt adhesively uniting the outsole to the shoe bottom, the two plies of said welt being connected at their inner edges only and the contacting faces of the plies having non-adhesive qualities, said outsole extending beyond the welt and the extenlded portion being thickened to conceal the we t. o

2. A shoe comprising an insole, an upper having its edges underlying the insole and cemented thereto, a foxing strip cemented to y the inturned edges of the upper, an outsole of rubber, a two-ply welt adhesively uniting welt strip adhesively uniting the outsole to the foxing strip, said vwelt strip being formed of a rubber-coated strip of fabric folded longitudinally with the rubber-coated sides outermost and adhesively contacting with the foxing and outside respectively, the said outsole extending beyond the welt and the extension being thickened to provide a curb which encircles and conceals the welt and the foxing.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specication.

JOHN w. cooKE.

jill/ff# CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,776,106. Granted September 16, 1930, to

JOHN W. COOKE.

lt is hereby oertiied that error appears in tne printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 85, claim 3, for the word outside read outsole; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Paten-t Oice.

Signed and sealed this 21st day of October, A. D. 1930.

' M. J. Moore, (Seal) Acting Commissioner o Patents. 

